Liliom

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Liliom is a 1909 play by Hungarian writer Ferenc Molnár about a troubled carousel barker whose tragic life and afterlife explore themes of love, redemption, and human frailty.

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Label Occurrences
Liliom canonical 11
Liliom (1930 film) 1
Liliom: A légkör 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf play
theatrical work
author Ferenc Molnár
containsSupernaturalElement depiction of heaven and purgatory
countryOfOrigin Hungary
firstPerformanceYear 1909
firstPerformedAt Budapest
genre drama
fantasy drama
hasAdaptation Carousel
Liliom (1930 film)
linked to: Liliom

Liliom (1934 film)
Liliom (1963 television film)
hasCharacterOccupation carousel barker
hasCriticalReception influential in 20th-century theatre
hasForm prose drama
hasKeyScene Liliom striking his daughter
Liliom’s interrogation by celestial authorities
hasMoralQuestion nature of love in abusive relationships
possibility of redemption after wrongdoing
hasProtagonistTrait charismatic
tragic
violent
hasRelationshipType working-class romance
hasStageDirectionStyle naturalistic
hasTimePeriodSetting early 20th century
influenced Carousel
isConsidered classic of Hungarian theatre
literaryMovement 20th-century Hungarian drama
mainCharacter Julie
Liliom Zadowski
narrativeElement return to Earth for one day
suicide of the protagonist
trial in the afterlife
notableAdaptationBy Oscar Hammerstein II
Richard Rodgers
originalLanguage Hungarian
originalTitle Liliom: A légkör
linked to: Liliom
publicationYear 1909
setting Budapest
structure two acts
theme afterlife
domestic violence
human frailty
love
poverty
redemption

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carousel basedOn Liliom
If I Loved You basedOnWork Liliom
Charles Boyer notableWork Liliom
Liliom hasAdaptation Liliom (1930 film)
linked to: Liliom
Liliom originalTitle Liliom: A légkör
linked to: Liliom
Ferenc Molnár notableWork Liliom
Carousel basedOn Liliom
subject linked to: Ferenc Molnár
Billy Bigelow basedOn Liliom
Julie Jordan basedOnWork Liliom
Nettie Fowler basedOnWork Liliom